Gorilla Rep Theatre Begins 2012 Season Residence At Roy Arias Theaters

Gorilla Rep is in its new home for 2012. Christopher Carter Sanderson, founder and director of Gorilla Repertory Theatre, has announced that it has begun its residence for the 2012 season at the Roy Arias Theaters in NYC.

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Best known for its perennial production of A Midsummer Nights Dream in Washington Square Park and Hamlet at The Cloisters, Gorilla Repertory primarily brings free-to-the-public, the work of William Shakespeare and other classic playwrights to venues all over the city.

Gorilla Rep begins its jam-packed 2012-year with its productions of Woyzeck Musical Deathmetal and Miss Julie. The original stage production of Miss Julie commences on February 10, 2012, and will kick off The Roy Arias Theater residency for a three week run. Throughout its association with The Roy Arias Theaters, Gorilla Rep will be revolving its theatrical line-up on a monthly basis – many with short turn-around time. Some of its productions will be re-mounts of its fans’ favorites, and the company will also prepare for free summer shows with theatrical workshops.

Woyzeck Musical Deathmetal under the direction by Christopher Carter Sanderson was originally created in early 2011 with the help of a Fulbright grant and was then given a workshop production at Kentucky Rep in November of 2011. The show is a musical retelling of the story of Buchner's classic tale of repression and angst for the OWS generation. Woyzeck Musical Deathmetal adds Weimar-era panache and humor to this wild and whirling tale, using masks, puppets, folk, acapella and death metal music to track the main character's descent into madness and murder.

Miss Julie is Strindberg's classic story of the oppressed, young and beautiful noblewoman who has an affair with her father's servant, leading to passion, revelation, abandon and suicide. Exclusively commissioned for Gorilla Rep, Miss Julie is a sharply drawn masterwork of tasteful updating by Chicago playwright Penny Penniston. Miss Julie will mark the official launch the 2012 residency of Gorilla Rep at Roy Arias Studios and Theatres. Media is invited.

Miss Julie
Off-Broadway Theater

Feb 10, 17, 18, 24, 25 - 9pm

Feb 12, 19, 26 - 2pm
Payan Theater

Feb 11 - 9pm

Woyzeck Musical Deathmetal
Off-Broadway Theater

Feb 10, 17, 18, 24, 25 - 7pm

Feb 12, 19, 26 - 5pm
Payan Theater

Feb 11 - 7pm

Incorporated in 1992, Gorilla Repertory Theatre Company, Inc., provides the highest quality productions of classical dramatic material, free of charge, to New York City audiences. Founded by Christopher Carter Sanderson, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Gorilla Repertory has produced over 70 plays since its inception. The book about Gorilla Rep, Gorilla Theatre (Routledge, 2003), is recommended by the teachers and practitioners of the International Baccalaureate Organization.

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